Lamar
County Topics

Lamar County
History

1936 Centennial
Marker:

LAMAR COUNTY

Created December 17, 1840 from Red
River County.
Organized in 1841. Named in honor of Mirabeau
B. Lamar, 1798-1859. Father of Texas education. President of
the Republic of Texas 1838-1841.
Lafayette, 1841, Mount
Vernon, 1843,Paris, originally called
Pinhook, 1844, have served as county seat.